Ephemeris, pole star
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRINTED/PAPER
- DATE
- 1927–1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1286.001
- MANUFACTURER
- EMR Legal Surveys Div.
- MODEL
- ALTITUDE & AZIMUTH OF THE POLE STAR
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 149
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PAPER/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 55.0 cm
- Width
- 22.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Measurement-position
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- EMR CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1927 TO 1980
- Canada
-
TABLES PRODUCED FOR SPECIFIC CANADIAN USE BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT - Function
-
USED AS A REFERENCE TOOL IN SURVEYING WHEN DETERMINING THE AZIMUTH, LATITUDE OR LONGITUDE BY POLARIS OBSERVATION. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TITLE: 'ASTRONOMICAL FIELD TABLES/ FOR USE OF/ THE LAND SURVEYORS OF CANADA/ ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH/ OF THE/ POLE STAR/.../ OTTAWA/ TOPOGRAPHICALSURVEY OF CANADA/...'/ VARIATIONS: 'HYDROGRAPHIC AND MAP SERVICE' [1937-1947]/ 'LEGAL SURVEYS DIVISION' [1948-1950]/ 'LEGAL SURVEYS AND/ AERONAUTICAL CHARTS DIVISION' [1951-1964]/ '[AS PREVIOUSLY]/ SURVEYS AND MAPPING/ BRANCH/ DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND/ TECHNICAL SURVEYS' [1965-1967]/ [AS PREVIOUS] DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,/ MINES AND RESOURCES' [1967-1968]'/ 'LEGAL SURVEYS DIVISION/ [AS PREVIOUS] [1969-1980]
- Missing
- SOME YEARS IN THE SEQUENCE ARE MISSING - SEE COMMENTS
- Finish
- WHITE PAPER WITH PRINT IN EITHER BLACK, GREEN, PURPLE OR RED
- Decoration
- N/A
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EMR Legal Surveys Div., Ephemeris, pole star, between 1927–1980, Artifact no. 1988.1286, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.1286.001/
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